WILDING PARK.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19062, 26 July 1927, Page 11

WILDING PARK.

• T0 T HZ BDHOR OF PBBSS. . „ vour paper the quesSfr ,_l see by o f the asphalt tiOB °> WiSk PaVhaa been dis- ' d le maiorky are in favour cussed, and the °M fc cost ot oftryingthe be about lighting. 1 un SS for Wilding Park £t4o. The the public have been ™%*** Jo™ in helping to have been very »» {t and lhe

Should the committee decide to carry out this idea, it will bo an utter waste of money. In Australia there are courts lit tor playing at night, w"they have not been a success ovmg r" the' difficulty of seeing the ball in flight. They are in a ranch better position with regard to making monej than we are, as their evenings are warm, and ours, in the middle of !>U m " mer, are inclined to be cool, and no spectators would go to Wilding rarK to watch tennis unless the nights were warm. There is no doubt that if tw° courts are lighted up, a few I°™°% players will trv them, but very shortly thev will find 'it so difficult to play ?? electric light that the courts will t» almost emntv and the committee win find that theV have wasted £l4O. One argument put forward was tna * , ?» had a good pavilion which could &e used for social evenings, if clubs coul<j be induced to have these gatherings > n the pavilion it would bring in a small sum to help the upkeep of the pa". T have mentioned the ouestion or lighting the nark to several, and they all agree with me that it will be » n utter failure. *s the courts are generally idle, and should be producing revenue. I suggest that owing to tne large number of good class houses close to the park, the committee should let the courts for a small subscriotion so that the neighbours round the r>nrK will fill the courts every evening when they are not beino: used for tournament matches. —Yours, etc.. R. D. HABMAN.